My MG ZS280

[Cruizer]

Hi all, not sure if I've ever introduced myself on here. But I'm sure you'll of heard of me!

I'm Nathan, the owner of the Tank. That Camo Rover 200...

http://www.scenestatusmagazine.com/LoveStatus/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/27.jpg


But anyway, enough of that old thing. I've been looking for a ZS for near on two years now. Originally wanting a Monogram, either Twilight or Sunspot. The search was near impossible.

Then a couple of weeks back the ZS280 came up for sale, which I'm sure you'll have also heard about. Although not a Monogram, it was exactly what I was wanting. Perfect in every way.


List of mods

Quaife ATB LSD
Steel caged gearbox bearings
Fully synthetic gear oil
Brand new genuine gear linkage
Short shift kit
CG Motorsport organic clutch kit
Aftermarket lightened and balanced flywhell
Custom oil pipes on supercharger
Sprintex supercharger kit with modified pulley 10psi
Perfect power smt7 piggy back
Aquamist mappable water injection
Pipercross custom inducion kit
Janspeed stainless manifolds
Janspeed decat
Piper stainless full exhaust
Sheddist clutch kit
Alloy pedal covers
Professionally sprayed silver dash inserts( the grey rubber bits)
Professionally refurbed and powder coated white wheels
Front wilwood 4 pot 320mm brake kit
Rear combination wilwood 320mm brake kit
Stainless brake hoses
Koni adjustable damping shock absorbers
Richbrook mg gear knob and tax disc holder
Carbon pillar pod
Volt, wideband, boost gauge
Adjustable fuel pressure regulator
Uprated walbro fuel pump 255lph
Polished chrome supercharger elbow
Vibe component speakers and tweeters all round with fly amp. All new thick wiring was ran through door grommets
Kaixxen hid kit
Chrome oil catch tank
Chrome oil cap



The general stuff thats been done

2 new rear wheel bearings
Brand new genuine alternator polished chrome
Four new Pirelli P-Zero Nero tyres
Rear electric windows fitted
Tinted windows, light smoke in front
Rear head rests fitted
Brand new genuine leather seat covers on front seats
Genuine heated seats fitted
2 new genuine headlights
New bosch battery
6 new genuine injectors
New engine stabiliser mounts top and bottom


Massive step up from the Rover, love it to pieces! The effort and dedication from the previous owner is incredible.

The only plans I have for it upto now are to put a set of genuine mats in it, take the metal pedal covers off, remove the 280 badges off the wings, and have a set of ZS rims in antracite for the winter.

Here's the photos I've got of it upto now...

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Thanks
Nath

[talkingcars]

Hi

Nice car

[sneekyparrot]

Welcome Nathan, so glad that car went to a good home and proper mg enthusiast!

Could of gone wrong way and just got thrashed to death till it went pop!

Nice polish Job did u do it yourself?

Cheers
P.

[grimmy]

Hello and welcome,nice to.see that car back on the forum.it seems a belter.

[Jay-ZS+]

The Sc zed is a very nice car congrats. Just don't paint it like that rover :laugh:

[peterzs]

Hi and :hi:

Great looking car, looking forward to hearing more.

Love the pics!!

:-D:-D:-D

[stamford]

Hello, glad it has gone to a fellow enthusiast, top motor and top spec, a smashing car. Nice photos too. Is that a Marina 1800TC I spyed in one of the shots?

[Dan1971]

Best I've ever seen.... Nice. (And - it's not yellow - even better)

[stamford]

Best I've ever seen.... Nice. (And - it's not yellow - even better)

:thumbsup:

[Craig-ZS180]

Love it.. Its been one of my favourite ZS's since I first saw it on line and then seeing it at ZEDTEN it looked amazing.
I love charged engines, the noise is amazingly addictive.
I always loved the 200 too, both in the BRM guise and camo.
Top work and keep the photos coming :D

[Enright]

Nope - hadn't heard about it before. Is there a build thread somewhere?
Anyway it looks stunning. Particularly like the white wheels against the blue, and nowt wrong with red callipers when they're DECENT brakes (rather than chavs just painting diddy ones and DRUMS FFS)!!!
Fantastic stance too - bet it feels like the perfect combination of power and handling - with a bit of comfort thrown in for good measure.
Would be nice to see some closeups of the engine and some interior shots.
The only constructive criticism I'd offer is that the bootlid needs to be broken up by a badge - when de-badged it looks just a bit too wide and featureless. A big black and silver one to compliment the one on the front would set it off.
Oh and if any car ever deserved a duplex, then that's the one.
Hey, is that a towbar?

[Smokey]

Absolutely love the car, reminds me of my ignition blue one with white wheels.

Also love the supercharger kit and the mod list is impressive.

Welcome to the site mate.

[Cruizer]

Thanks for the comments :D

Yes it does have a tow bar! I've been considering removing it, and getting a duplex on there.

But knowing my luck, as soon as I remove it, I'll need use of it.

[stamford]

Thanks for the comments :D

Yes it does have a tow bar! I've been considering removing it, and getting a duplex on there.

But knowing my luck, as soon as I remove it, I'll need use of it.

Actually if I had that car I would stick the towball part back on as only for rear end protection. Seen too many ZS's written off due to a soft rear end shunt, yours would be criminal to lose due to a damaged rear panel and bumper(assuming you don't have agreed valuation in place?)


A duplex would probably need the bracket removed as the offside mount uses the chassis rail, right where the tow bracket bolts to most likely!

[Lukeus101]

Welcome to the site officially nathan ;)

[zsserbia]

Welcome aboard, spectacular motor there, is this the one you bought?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuD3GpdQUXs

[DuckFeet]

Cracking car, not enough videos of it on the internet *hint*

[daytona365]

:thumbsup:


Whast wrong with YELLOW??????????????????? :chair:

[midcuk]

excellent motor mate and a lovely shine puts my ignition blue to shame:)

[BUCKYDEVIL]

Stunning spec ZS mate, Ive seen it on other sites- LOVE it & WANT it..Wishfull thinking.
Seen your Camo 200 on the ZRforum, not so keen on that but pretty sure it musta turned plenty of heads.
Welcome to this forum ..

[talkingcars]

Sorry, didn't realise it was that car, was a bit early when I was looking at the first post.

I have a towbar and duplex exhaust, powerflow used a single box in the standard location that has 2 outlets, 1 at each end, they then ran a pipe round the back of the spare wheel well to the other side.

[big_wasa]

My last one also had a towbar and a duplex exhaust. I love that car.

[andy-81]

very nice i like it a lot its a stunning upgrade saying that i quite liked the camo 200 as well i saw it at excape

[Cruizer]

Nice polish Job did u do it yourself?



It'd been polished up when I bought it, but I gave it a proper going over at the weekend myself.

Got quite a few funny looks when I parked it there at the shopping centre, got out and started going over it with the quick detailer haha.



Is that a Marina 1800TC I spyed in one of the shots?

It is! He came along with us when I was doing some photos of the ZS and a few of my mates cars. He's been restoring it over the past 6 months. The transformation is quite incredible.

http://a2.ec-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/134/ba808fbc46694ca0903955fcf9c135b5/l.jpg

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Welcome to the site officially nathan ;)

Thanks Luke, been a long time coming. But it was definitely worth the wait!

[Sonic_160zr]

R looks stunning Nath, been waiting for you to post up some pics on here! Guess you won't be wanting mine anymore then :).





Cheers,
Matt

[carmadbaker]

Awesome car dude, a true weapon! i bet that charger sounds yummy!! good to see its gone into good hands.
You do have a PM heading your way too ;)

[stamford]

Great shots of the TC, he has done a very good job on that, they sound good from what I remember. My first car was a Marina.

[Nobrainer]

Wow. Im amazed how good a brown morris marina can look :-)

[theboynoz]

Alright Nath, good to see you over here mate, there's a few pics knocking around of the tank from the Harrogate meet! I had the TB ZS and was very drunk in the pub and field with you ZR boys.....

Nice motors in those pics too!

[p_b82]

good to see that the car has gone to a good home - i know that you will look after it too - i know how much 'fun' you had with the derv getting it to where it is now as as me :)

[Dan1971]

Love that Marina - just keep it away from Top Gear

[petet16]

Great looking ZS, and a top spec as well:smile2:

I wonder what trendy 70s colour the Marina is, looks tough on wide steelies.

[Cruizer]

R looks stunning Nath, been waiting for you to post up some pics on here! Guess you won't be wanting mine anymore then :).

Cheers,
Matt

If it ever came available, I'd still be tempted. Because I'm greedy lol


Alright Nath, good to see you over here mate, there's a few pics knocking around of the tank from the Harrogate meet! I had the TB ZS and was very drunk in the pub and field with you ZR boys.....

Nice motors in those pics too!

Oooh yes, how could I forget? Still think that was an epic weekend!

good to see that the car has gone to a good home - i know that you will look after it too - i know how much 'fun' you had with the derv getting it to where it is now as as me :)

Most definitely has fun with the Rover. The nights in the garage at 3am, the routine head gasket replacements. Just everything about it, as frustrating as it was, it's all fun memories.

It's probably why I'm finding it so difficult to let go of it :(

[Cruizer]

Great looking ZS, and a top spec as well:smile2:

I wonder what trendy 70s colour the Marina is, looks tough on wide steelies.

I believe he called it Harvest Gold the other day. It's a slightly lighter colour in real life.

[zsserbia]

Love that Marina - just keep it away from Top Gear

I wouldn't worry about that one, it's looking too good for piano death from above, just don't tow a caravan with it :hump:

[Cruizer]

I wouldn't worry about that one, it's looking too good for piano death from above, just don't tow a caravan with it :hump:

I pretty sure that Marina has towed a caravan to be honest lol

[Nobrainer]

Almost bought an mgb in harvest gold once. Bloody awful colour :-)

[stamford]

Lovely colour, it complimented the tan and chocolate interior just nicely! :laugh: :sick:

[john180]

very tidy nath!!! can't wait to see it!

still not a twilight tho is it ;)

[Cruizer]

very tidy nath!!! can't wait to see it!

still not a twilight tho is it ;)


It'll never be a Twilight, but I'm happy with what I got.

The search for a Twilight was impossible. And I couldn't miss the chance for this one :D

[john180]

It'll never be a Twilight, but I'm happy with what I got.

The search for a Twilight was impossible. And I couldn't miss the chance for this one :D

2 right fella! my first ever choice was an ignition blue - i was never able to find one that i liked...

Photoshoot needed i think!!! :D

[Ritchy]

thats a beast

[Jay-ZS+]

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You lot need to work on your parking skills that is shocking! :rofl:

[Cruizer]

2 right fella! my first ever choice was an ignition blue - i was never able to find one that i liked...

Photoshoot needed i think!!! :D

Most definitely!!!

[welshone]

Taken at ZedTen last year, I knew I'd seen this car in the flesh. Great looking car with ummmph :)

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[Cruizer]

You lot need to work on your parking skills that is shocking! :rofl:

But if you park like that, you don't get people opening their doors onto your car and dinting it ;)

[Maxxed_Ross]

A fine addition to the fleet! I take it you kept the Tank too?

[dida4g]

That Morris Marina is just AWESOME.
Love it.